vocational education

vocational education

noun
educational training that provides practical experience in a particular occupational field, as agriculture, home economics, or industry.
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vocational education

instruction intended to equip persons for industrial or commercial occupations. It may be obtained either formally in trade schools, technical secondary schools, or in on-the-job training programs or, more informally, by picking up the necessary skills on the job

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